A few days ago, while driving on Route 2 towards Sultan, my Spotify Daily Mix playlist suddenly played a song I hadn’t heard in years. It was Republika’s “Biała Flaga” (“White Flag”), and the first verse was “Where are my friends?” (“Gdzie są moi przyjaciele?”). When I got home, the song was still in my head, and I kept asking myself this question: Where are our friends? We left them behind when we moved. They left us behind when they moved. There were a few friendships from high school that survived our turbulent times and all the departures. Some lasted for years, but we stopped responding to their Christmas cards, and they stopped sending them. Some just faded away as we had nothing in common and nothing to say. Then we ended up in Seattle and heard about the Seattle Freeze. Most of us arrived here in our twenties and...
An Evening with Krzysztof Siwczyk
February 24, 2025 6:00 pm-7:30 pm
The University of Washington will host An Evening with Krzysztof Siwczyk on Monday, February 24, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. The…
Movie “Erase the Nation” by T. Grzywaczewski
March 2, 2025 4:00 pm-6:00 pm
UPDATE: On Sunday, March 2nd at 4 p.m., the Polish Cultural Center is hosting a screening of Erase the Nation,…
At the annual meeting of the Polish Home Association held on January 26, 2025, Lidia Jasklowska has been re-elected as the PHA President, Erik Lidzbarski as the Senior Vice-President and...
Long time Polish community member, Grazyna Kapa, passed away peacefully after a yearlong battle with cancer on December 31, 2024. We invite you to join us in a celebration of...
The Polish Home Association is happy to announce the opening of an Art Gallery in the Polish Cultural Center. We are creating a forum for artists associated with the Polish...
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A Known Enemy Is Better Than a False Friend. It is hard not to agree with this statement. False friends can cause more harm than a determined enemy. Interestingly, false friends can be found not only in life but also in language. Like people, they can cause trouble, create confusion, and at best, make you laugh. However, unlike people, language false friends are easier to avoid if you know about them and learn to recognize them. So, what are linguistic false friends? They are words in two languages that look or sound similar but have different meanings. The reasons for...
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